Delta emarginatum explained

Delta emarginatum is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.^[1]

Description

Delta emarginatum can reach a length of about in females. The males are smaller than the females.

Distribution

This species can be found in Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gaboon, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Central Sahara, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2]

References

• Antonio Giordani Soika (1935) Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte Contributo alla conoscenza degli Eumenini Egiziani (Hymenoptera - Vespidae), Volume: 19 Pages: 161-199
• Antonio Giordani Soika (1951) Rivista di Biologia Coloniale Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. Edoardo Zavattari. Hymenoptera Vespidae., Volume: 11 Pages: 73-89
• Antonio Giordani Soika (1956) Boll.Mus.Civ.Stor.nat.Venezia Studi di Ecologia e Biogeografia XVIII. Biogeografia die Vepidi solitari delle isole del Capo Verde., Volume: 9 Pages: 21-25
• Antonio Giordani Soika (1955) Annls Mus.r.Congo Belge Contributions à l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953), XLII,. Hymenoptera. Vespides solitarires, Volume: 36 Pages: 362-367
• Antonio Giordani Soika (1935) Mems Estud.Mus.zool.Univ.Coimbra Contributions à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique, Volume: 82/I Pages: 1-18
• Antonio Giordani Soika (1939) Mem. Soc. Ent. Italiana Raccolte entomologiche del Dr. Alfredo Andreini in Eritrea - Vespidae e Sphegidae, Volume: 18 (1) Pages: 95-105
• Giordani Soika, A. 1978. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Eumenes Latr., Omicron (Sauss.), Pararaphidoglossa Schulth. ed affini. Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 29: 1-420.
• Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010a. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and species incertae sedis. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 42 (1): 95-315.
• Bequaert J., 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin A. M. N. H, Vol. 39: 2-384.

Notes and References

1. http://eol.org/pages/309253/overview Encyclopedia of life
2. Web site: Wasp Web . 2015-02-19 . 2015-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219143152/http://www.waspweb.org/Vespoidea/Vespidae/Eumeninae/Eumenes/Eumenes_maxillosus.htm . dead .